Conversation with Joe Orthodontist about Invisalign & SDC
I’ve had an ongoing FB messenger conversation with an orthodontist I don’t know other than through FB for the last couple weeks (I’ll call them Dr. Doctor). I don’t usually d...
Bonding All 7s Doesn’t Make You A Great Orthodontist
I hear and see this a lot from orthodontists – colleagues, peers, friends, my associates and especially recent graduates/residents. For some reason most orthodontists truly believe: “If I ...
It’s more fun to talk about orthodontics than to do orthodontics…
Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA Dateline July, 2000 It’s been a great week in Marina Del Rey. Right now though, the buzz of jets at LAX is compounding my gargantuan headache from drinking one too ma...
The Future Is All Around Us
The Internet is an amazing place to spend time. I love watching the interactions and the massive amount of information exchange that takes place every minute of every day. I don’t think many ort...
No Wonder We Act This Way
I’ve always wondered why so many orthodontists are resistant to allowing patients’ parents, families and friends to join the patient in the treatment area but this weekend I visited a den...
What Is A GOOD Referral Source?
Ancient History When I got out of residency in 2004, this question was easy to answer. A good referral source was a general dentist or pediatric dentist who sent me every child or adult that the denti...
When I Think Back on All the Crap I Learned in Residency…It’s a Wonder I Can Think at All
by Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA We are definitely smart enough to revive our moribund specialty. As a matter of fact, we do some pretty incredible work! Every day I am blown away by some of the...
Don’t Let Your Goals Limit You in 2017
It’s that time of year. Traditionally we set goals and make resolutions for the new year and that is a fine thing. We all know that setting goals gives us something to shoot for and provides focus f...
Give The People What They Want!
We orthodontists have a big problem and almost all of us suffer from the same disease. Perfectionism. It’s ironic to me that in a profession where we are dealing with asymmetric people and too many ...
It’s Not About Being Right
It’s not about winning. It’s not about what’s fair. What we orthodontists do every day is about a very few things (ranked in the order I see them): Taking care of patients as we wou...